Firm

Deal

Value

Client

Lawyer(s) involved

Clifford Chance

China Mobile’s subscription of an 18 percent equity stake in True Corporation Public Company

28.57 billion Baht

($880 million)

China Mobile Ltd

Beijing team:

Terence Foo

(Partner)

Julie Zhu

(Senior associate)

Zhonghua Shi

(Associate)

Bangkok team:

Andrew Matthews

(Partner)

Angela Nobthai

(Counsel)

Natchapon Padungkittimal

(Senior associate)

Praopetch Srijayanta,

Panuwat Chaistaporn

(Associates)

Commerce & Finance Law Offices

Shui On Development (Holding)’s Regulation S offer of 9.625 percent high-yield notes due 2019           

$550 million

Joint lead managers

Haiwen & Partners

Sinopec Group Overseas Development’s Regulation S offering of 1.75 percent and 4.375 percent senior floating-rate notes due 2017 and 2024

$1 billion

China Petrochemical Corp

Han Kun Law Offices

Baidu’s issue of aggregate principal amount of 2.75 percent notes due 2019

$1 billion

Baidu Inc

Jin Mao PRC Lawyers

Shui On Development (Holding)’s Regulation S offer of 9.625 percent high-yield notes due 2019           

$550 million

Shui On Development (Holding) Ltd

Kirkland & Ellis

Trina Solar’s concurrent Rule 144/Regulation S offering of convertible senior notes due 2019, and follow-on offering of American depositary shares

$150 million

(Notes offer)

$96.8 million

(ADS offer)

David Zhang,

Benjamin Su

(Partners)

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom

Alibaba Group’s acquisition of 100 percent equity interest in UCWeb

Undisclosed

UCWeb Inc

Julie Gao,

Daniel Dusek,

Will Cai

(Partners)

Firm

Deal

Value

Client

Lawyer(s) involved

Appleby (Bermuda counsel)

Global Sources’ cash tender offer to purchase up to 5 million issued common shares

$50 million

Global Sources Ltd

Li-Lee Tan

(Counsel)

Vincent Chan

(Associate)

Conyers Dill & Pearman

(BVI counsel)

Sinopec Group Overseas Development’s Regulation S offering of 1.75 percent and 4.375 percent senior floating-rate notes due 2017 and 2024

$1 billion

China Petrochemical Corp

Cordells

Purchase and build-out of the East Tower, One Bay East, Hoi Bun Road, Kowloon East, Hong Kong

HK$5.425 billion

($700 million)

Citibank

Hilary Cordell,

Helen Worth

(Partners)

Samson Man

(Registered foreign lawyer)

Jenny Lee

(Consultant)     

Alice Yau

(Associate)

Davis Polk & Wardwell

Baidu’s issue of aggregate principal amount of 2.75 percent notes due 2019

$1 billion

Joint bookrunners and lead managers: 1.Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C.

 2.J.P. Morgan Securities

James Lin,

John Paton

(Partners)

Tae-Hun Kim

(Registered foreign lawyer)

Alon Gurfinkel

(Counsel)

Davis Polk & Wardwell

Shui On Development (Holding)’s Regulation S offer of 9.625 percent high-yield notes due 2019

$550 million

Joint lead managers:

1.BNP Paribas

(Hong Kong branch)

2.Deutsche Bank AG (Singapore branch)

3.JP Morgan Securities plc 4.Standard Chartered Bank

William Barron

(Partner)

Gerhard Radtke

(Counsel-registered foreign lawyer)

Tae-Hun Kim

(Registered foreign lawyer)

 Alon Gurfinkel

(Counsel)

Davis Polk & Wardwell

Sinopec Group Overseas Development’s Regulation S offering of 1.75 percent and 4.375 percent senior floating-rate notes due 2017 and 2024

$1 billion

Initial purchasers:

1.Citigroup Global Markets Inc

2.Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C.

3.BOCI Asia Ltd

4.DBS Bank Ltd

5.Standard Chartered Bank

Eugene Gregor

(Partner)

Bate Yu,

Ran Li,

Hua Zhao

(Associates)

Jesse Gillespie

(Registered foreign lawyer)

Alon Gurfinkel,

Jeanine McGuinness

(Counsel)

Herbert Smith Freehills

China Merchants Bank’s  establishment of its MTN programme and first drawdown

$5 billion (MTN programme)

$500 million

(First draw-down)

China Merchants Bank Co  Ltd

(Hong Kong branch)

Kevin Roy

(Partner)

Wang Zhong

(Counsel)

Isaac Chen

(Associate)

King & Wood Mallesons

Maikun Investment’s issue of 4.5 percent guaranteed notes due 2017

CNY1.5 billion

($240 million)

Joint lead managers:

1.DBS Bank Ltd

2.UBS AG (Hong Kong branch)

3.CLSA Ltd

4.Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Singapore branch)

Kirkland & Ellis

Shanghai Pudong Science and Technology Investment’s acquisition of Montage Technology Group

$693 million

Shanghai Pudong Science and Technology Investment Co Ltd

David Zhang, Stephanie Tang

(Partners)

Li & Partners

Baidu’s issue of aggregate principal amount of 2.75 percent notes due 2019

$1 billion

Baidu Inc

Linklaters

Sinotrans Sailing’s issue of 4.5 percent bonds due 2017

CNY1 billion

($160 million)

Joint lead managers:

1.ABCI Capital Ltd

2.Bank of China Ltd

3.Morgan Stanley & Co International plc 4.HSBC Ltd

Maples and Calder

(Cayman Islands, BVI counsel)

Baidu’s issue of aggregate principal amount of 2.75 percent notes due 2019

$1 billion

Baidu Inc

Greg Knowles

(Partner)

Matt Roberts, Derrick Kan

(Associates)

Maples and Calder

(BVI counsel)

Maikun Investment’s issue of 4.5 percent guaranteed notes due 2017

CNY1.5 billion

($240 million)

Maikun Investment Co Ltd

Jenny Nip

(Partner)

Karen Zhang

(Associate)

Maples and Calder

(BVI counsel)

Sinotrans Sailing’s issue of 4.5 percent bonds due 2017

CNY1 billion

($160 million)

Sinotrans Sailing Ltd

Jenny Nip

(Partner)

Karen Zhang

(Associate)

O’Melveny & Myers

Shanghai Pudong Science and Technology Investment’s acquisition of Montage Technology Group

$693 million

Montage Technology Group Ltd

Paul Hastings

Fosun International ’s rights issue

$631 million

UBS

Raymond Li,

Sammy Li

(Partners)

Eric Chow,

Winfield Lau

(Associates)

Paul Hastings

Haitong International Securities Group’s

rights issue

$340 million

UBS

Raymond Li,

Sammy Li

(Partners)

Bonnie Yung

(Of counsel)

Catherine Chu

(Associate)

Reed Smith Richards Butler

Sinotrans Sailing’s issue of 4.5 percent bonds due 2017

CNY1 billion

($160 million)

Sinotrans Sailing Ltd

Sidley Austin

Dorel Industries’s acquisition of Lerado Group’s juvenile business

HK$930 million

($120 million)

Lerado Group

Constance Choy

(Partner)

Christopher Cheng

(Counsel)

Simmons & Simmons

Maikun Investment’s issue of 4.5 percent guaranteed notes due 2017

CNY1.5 billion

($240 million)

Maikun Investment Co Ltd

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom

Baidu’s issue of aggregate principal amount of 2.75 percent notes due 2019

$1 billion

Baidu Inc

Julie Gao,

Jonathan Stone,

Michael Beinus (Partners)

 Shu Du,

James McCurley, William Zhu,

Brett Willis (Associates)

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom

Sinopec Group Overseas Development’s Regulation S offering of 1.75 percent and 4.375 percent senior floating-rate notes due 2017 and 2024

$1 billion

China Petrochemical Corp

Slaughter and May

Secondary placing and sale of shares in Lijun International Pharmaceutical (Holding) Co Ltd

HK$2.12 billion

($272 million)

Placing agent:

A major international investment bank

Benita Yu,

John Moore

(Partners)

William Ho,

Norman Ho

(Associates)

Walkers

(Cayman Islands counsel)

Shui On Development (Holding)’s Regulation S offer of 9.625 percent high-yield notes due 2019           

$550 million

Shui On Development (Holding) Ltd

Firm

Deal

Value

Client

Lawyer(s) involved

Jones Day

Synaptics’ agreement to purchase Renesas SP Drivers’ entire equity

61 billion yen ($598 million)

Micheal Reagan, Khoa Do,

Stephen DeCosse,

Joseph Melnik, Craig Waldman, Peggy Ward, Teresa Maloney,

Wendy Davis,

Lewis Grimm, Stuart Ogg,

Michiru Takahashi

(Partners)

David Sikes,

Masayuki Horiike,

An Doan,

Benjamin Carson, Christina Bennett,

Chia-heng Seeto,

Tonny Lee,

Jamie Burnett,

Patrick Perkins,

Julia Weissman, Evan Palenschat, Naho Kaneko, Naoko Tokumoto

(Associates)

Yuning Chen

(Staff Attorney)

Mayer Brown JSM

Marubeni Corp’s indirect acquisition of a 20 percent stake in a Cambodia-based power generation and transmission business owned and operated by Malaysia’s Leader Group

Undisclosed

Marubeni Corp

Nathan Dodd

(Partner)

Ben Thompson (Consultant)

Andrew Pannell

(Senior associate)

Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu

Synaptics’ agreement to purchase Renesas SP Drivers’ entire equity

61 billion yen ($598 million)

Renesas SP Drivers Inc

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe

Synaptics’ agreement to purchase Renesas SP Drivers’ entire equity

61 billion yen ($598 million)

Wells Fargo & Co